Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches

Contents......Page 6
List of Photographs......Page 10
Glossary......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Foreword by David Martin......Page 16
Acknowledgement......Page 18
A new beginning......Page 20
Central arguments......Page 29
Collecting and analysing the data......Page 34
Choosing churches......Page 35
Research methods......Page 36
Gaining access......Page 37
A ‘snapshot’ of members of His People......Page 38
An unexpected interruption......Page 39
Ethical and practical considerations......Page 43
Structure of this book......Page 44
Introduction......Page 48
Violence and crime......Page 49
Economic growth and employment......Page 51
Infrastructure and service delivery......Page 53
Governance......Page 55
Race and racism......Page 57
Culture and identity......Page 59
HIV/Aids a growing crisis......Page 61
Shaping identity in the New South Africa......Page 62
Women in the New South Africa......Page 64
Conclusion......Page 65
Locating Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity in the Development of Global Christianity......Page 66
The Revival Period......Page 69
The Institutionalisation Period......Page 73
The Charismatic Healing Period......Page 77
The Mass Expansion Period......Page 81
The Period of Individual Empowerment......Page 85
Conclusion......Page 88
Introduction......Page 90
Background to His People Christian Ministries......Page 91
The structure of the church building......Page 94
A typical His People service......Page 96
His People activities and leadership......Page 101
Outline of His People theology......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 109
Introduction......Page 112
Background to Grace Bible Church......Page 113
The structure of Grace Bible Church......Page 116
A typical Grace Bible Church service......Page 123
Leadership and activities......Page 128
Outline of Grace Bible Church theology......Page 133
Conclusion......Page 136
Introduction......Page 140
Stories from Soweto......Page 143
Generation X and Y and the importance of family......Page 146
Negotiating African culture and its dislocation......Page 152
Romany Cream or Oreo......Page 156
His People and the shaping of a modern African culture......Page 159
Grace Bible Church and shifting African cultures......Page 162
Emotions in the process of church affiliation......Page 164
The stories in their broader context......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 168
Introduction......Page 170
A story of economic success......Page 173
Finding work......Page 174
Fitting into the corporate culture......Page 176
Emotional stress of work......Page 178
Racism......Page 182
Gender......Page 186
Age......Page 188
Mentoring through the churches......Page 189
Developing self-confidence and excellence......Page 191
The churches’ teaching on business......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 197
Introduction......Page 200
Women, marriage and Pentecostal Charismatic Christian Churches......Page 204
Reasons for singleness......Page 205
Faith or reason in dealing with singleness......Page 209
The cultural implications of singleness......Page 210
Courtship......Page 211
Lobola, or bride-price......Page 214
Promiscuity and pregnancies out of marriage......Page 217
Sexual abstinence in the context of South African society......Page 221
Conclusion......Page 225
Introduction......Page 228
Marriage......Page 232
Wifely submission......Page 240
Negotiating the difficulties of marriage......Page 242
Motherhood......Page 244
Motherhood within His People and Grace Bible Church......Page 246
Family......Page 251
The significance of the nuclear family......Page 253
Pressures from the extended family......Page 258
Conclusion......Page 261
The context......Page 264
The teaching of His People and Grace Bible Church......Page 268
Re-shaping culture in the New South Africa......Page 270
The re-shaping of identity amongst Pentecostal Charismatic Christian Women......Page 271
Leaving the Pentecostal Charismatic Christian Churches......Page 276
Conclusion......Page 280
Appendix One Table of Interview Details......Page 282
Appendix Two Professional Women in South Africa......Page 288
Appendix Three Research Questions......Page 290
Bibliography......Page 294
Index......Page 316